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3 Arrested in New Jersey for Dumping Dozens of Dogs in Different Towns

Investigators in New Jersey have arrested three people on animal cruelty charges for allegedly abandoning dozens of dogs across several towns in the freezing rain.

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Cesar Chavez's Mayfair neighborhood in San Jose struggling with identity now that legend is tainted

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US Southwest heat wave tumbles records, raises fire risk

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Florida tops the nation in ICE arrests this year, report says

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Border czar says ICE will do ‘nonsignificant' tasks at airports

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Mail-in ballot deadlines put Supreme Court in 2026 election fray

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Oklahoma Couple Allegedly Forced Girl, 14, to Serve as Their Surrogate

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U.S. Supreme Court to consider mail-in ballot deadline case Monday

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Trump's Reaction to Mueller's Death: 'Good, I'm Glad.'

Updated March 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM

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California considers restrictions on social media for kids

Updated March 22, 2026 at 6:20 AM

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Hurt in altercations with federal agents, these Minnesotans are still struggling

Updated March 22, 2026 at 5:25 AM

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As precious groundwater vanishes, a few in California find ways to bring it back

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Lost in transmission: Changes in organ donor status can fall through cracks in the system

Updated March 22, 2026 at 4:37 AM

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Primary care is in trouble. So doctors band together to boost their market power

Updated March 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM

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Reports: Former FBI director Robert Mueller dies at 81

Updated March 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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In Trump's Administration, Military Housing Is Becoming a Hot Commodity

Updated March 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM

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What Was the Mueller Investigation? And What Did It Find?

Updated March 21, 2026 at 11:32 PM

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Updated March 21, 2026 at 9:44 PM

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Georgia woman who took abortion pills charged with murder

Updated March 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM

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5 killed in head-on crash in southwest Minnesota involving SUV, family's party bus with 13 occupants

Updated March 21, 2026 at 9:08 PM

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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seizes more than half a million ballots

Updated March 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM

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Comparisons Grow Over Celebrations of Mueller and Kirk Deaths

Updated March 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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